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President Donald Trump has been comprehensively misinforming the public about the coronavirus.

Trump has littered his public remarks on the life-and-death subject with false, misleading and dubious claims. And he has been joined, on occasion, by senior members of his administration.
We've counted 28 different ways the President and his team have been inaccurate. Here is a chronological list, which may be updated as additional misinformation comes to our attention.February 10: Trump says without evidence that the coronavirus "dies with the hotter weather"Trump said on Fox Business: "You know in April, supposedly, it dies with the hotter weather."February 24: Trump baselessly claims the situation is "under control"
Trump tweeted: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA."Facts First: "Under control" is subjective, but by any reasonable definition, the coronavirus was not under control in the US -- and there was no way for the government to fully understand how dire the problem was given how few Americans were being tested. There were 53 confirmed cases and no deaths on the day of Trump's tweet; as of March 11, there were more than 1,000 cases and 31 deaths.February 25: A senior White House official falsely claims the virus has been "contained"
White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow said, "We have contained this, I won't say airtight but pretty close to airtight." Kudlow said again on March 6 that the coronavirus "is contained" in the US. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway made similar though less definitive comments the same day, saying the virus "is being contained."Facts First: Experts said the US has not come close to containing the coronavirus. They also said the small number of tests conducted in the United States had prevented the government from getting an accurate picture of how widespread the virus truly is.
"In the US it is the opposite of contained," said Harvard University epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch, director of Harvard's Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. "It is spreading so efficiently in so many places that it may be difficult to stop."February 25: Trump falsely claims Ebola mortality was "a virtual 100%"

February 25: Trump falsely claims "nobody had ever even heard of Ebola" in 2014
Comparing the coronavirus outbreak with the Ebola situation of 2014, Trump said, "At that time, nobody had ever even heard of Ebola."Facts First: Some Americans certainly didn't know a whole lot about Ebola before 2014, but the claims that "nobody" had ever even heard of Ebola and that "nobody" knew anything about it are absurd. Ebola was discovered in 1976. It had been the subject of considerable media coverage in the next three decades, not to mention scientific study.February 26: Trump wrongly says the coronavirus "is a flu"

February 26: Trump baselessly predicts the number of US cases is "going very substantially down" to "close to zero"

February 26: Trump wrongly says the flu death rate is "much higher" than Dr. Sanjay Gupta said

February 27: Trump baselessly hints at a "miracle"

Facts First: There was no apparent basis for Trump's claim that the virus will miraculously "disappear." (He did immediately soften the claim by saying "nobody really knows," but still.)February 28: Trump baselessly hints at an immigration link to the virus
Trump said: "The Democrat policy of open borders is a direct threat to the health and well-being of all Americans. Now you see it with the coronavirus, you see it. You see it with the coronavirus."Facts First: Prominent Democrats do not support "open borders," literally unrestricted migration. Aside from that, though, there was no evidence from the coronavirus situation that Democrats' preferred immigration policies would be harmful to Americans' health. There was no known US case in which someone brought the virus to the US while immigrating or making an asylum claim.February 29: Trump exaggerates Tim Cook's comments about Apple and China

March 1: Azar wrongly says 3,600 people have been tested

March 2: Trump falsely claims "nobody knew" the number of US flu deaths

March 2: Trump says a vaccine is coming "relatively soon"

March 4: Trump falsely claims Obama impeded testing

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Liar in chief can't speak the truth no matter how self evident the facts are.

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My mother just called me today to relay her concerns about her money in the bank. She said, "I have too much money in the bank". I stepped back a second, "what?". What's the problem?
She fears that things will fail like they did during "her" mothers time, the GREAT depression. I asked her, is her bank FDIC insured? She said yes. Then, I said, don't worry then. The only way you will lose that money is if the whole government collapses. The government will bail out out everyone...banks, airlines, auto-makers, etc... not your health care.

I told her, regardless if we have an inept leader at the helm, people are NOT relying on him. There are many state and local governments, along with individuals that are addressing the issue that this piece of shiat (at the helm) is incapable to handle.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ~ Mark Twain
You can't spell "hatred" without the 'red' 'hat' - Trump bump = Trump dump